The phenomenal fan-made Moguri Mod for the PC port of Final Fantasy IX has recently released version 8.2, which includes even more visual upgrades.
Last year we released a fan community mod for the PC version of Final Fantasy IX, who try to create a true remastered version of the much-loved title while still maintaining the integrity of the artistic design. The trailer for the latest version, update 8.2, shows even more improvements and fixes to the visuals, framerate, music, and more:
Moguri Mod, according to the official website, “is a complete overhaul of the PC port of Final Fantasy IX via Deep Learning techniques. The most drastic changes of this mod are in the background arts which are now more detailed, cleaner and have a higher resolution. Moguri Mod also includes a custom implementation of Memoria Mod, which offers more customization and options than the original PC port.
If you are into remastered music, several artists and Materia Collective have come together around the EIDOLON: Music From Final Fantasy IX tribute album. You can check this out here.
Square Enix announced that earlier this month Final Fantasy VII Remake has shipped more than 5 million copies worldwide, digitally and physically. The game is now also the highest selling digital game Square Enix ever developed on a PlayStation platform. The April 2020 NPD data show that Final Fantasy VII Remake defeated Call of Duty Modern Warfare en Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and since that date has been the most successful entry in the long-running franchise in terms of units sold and dollar sales in a launch month.
The director of Remake Tetsuya Nomura was the one who proposed it originally Final Fantasy VII ‘s most shocking moment. As previously revealed, Final Fantasy VII Remake has a lot of new elements in it and Screenwriter Kazushige Nojima even explains how he rewrote Cloud for the remake. We also translated Nojima’s comments on how Final Fantasy VII affected Final Fantasy VIII. In an interview posted via Square Enix, co-director Naoki Hamaguchi and producer Yoshinori Kitase talk about their reasoning behind making some bold changes to the remake of such a beloved game – namely why Sephiroth became so early in the game introduced.
We also translated the short film made to promote the remake. Square Enix is currently working on the second and possibly final episode. Square Enix released a trailer that revealed the theme song of the said game Hol, along with many iconic moments and recurring faces from the original PS1 classic. If you’re interested in how the remake plays out, check out both our previews of E3 2018, as well as my own in-depth example of four chapters of the game. Our Features Editor also wrote about how the remake won him over as a non-Final Fantasy fan.
Final Fantasy VII Remake finally released on April 10th after a one month delay and you can buy the game from Amazon here. Check out our very extensive review of the title here. I’ve written a pretty extensive beginner’s guide for players just getting started (including some handy Materia and weapon building for Tifa), but you can also check out this incredibly complicated and damaging combination to see why proper character matters Remake.
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